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Show FIRST DISTRICT C0DRT. "Mormons" Admitted to Cilli-hshlp in Ptoto. Court resumed session again at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Win. Sabey and his brother John Sabcy, made application for citizenship. citizen-ship. They wero "Mormons'' but did not believe in polygamy, and they stated that should a contoverry arise between the Church and the United States, they would obey tbe laws of the land. Roth were admitted ad-mitted to citizenship. The case of tho United States vr. Joseph Page was then resumed. Mr. Zane stated that he had testimony tes-timony proving that tbe amount of postal business of Fairview and Moroni were similar to that of Mount Pleasant, but his honor ruled that such testimony could not be admitted. The reports for quarters previous to the last quarter of 1SS5 were Introduced In-troduced in evidence, tbe defense taking nociception to tbe admission admis-sion of this evidence. The receipts averaged about $350 per quarter. Mr. Ellason was called by the defense and testified In relation to the change of postage from three cents for half an ounce of mail matter to two cents for one ounce. He did not remember the date of the changes. Mr. Bowman Am postmasibf at Mount Pleasant; have lceo. postmaster post-master since March 1st, 133). The Mount Pleasant -uitjoi.-e. record was produced, snowing tne quarterly receipts for several ears past to average about JioO. Abncr Crane Hato nvJ at Mount Pleasant eight 01 ntue years; the population In 1SS3 tu l,oS6;It Is now 2,255; think the town bat grown in business. The prosecution rested. Mr. Johnson asked that the jury be Instructed to return a verdict of not guilty. The motion was overruled. Several witnesses were now called who testified to thu good reputation of the defendant. Joseph Page, the defendant, testified testi-fied For several years ML Pleasant was a kind of headquarters for stockmen and others of several counties: it is not so now; many men who had their homes at Mt- Pleasant Pleas-ant went otT to work in the mines and naturally tills Increased the postage; the population of ML Pleasant was largely foreign while that of Fairview was American; tho postage to Denmank, Sweden nnj other countries is Ave cenls.lhe returns made by meof mall matter wero correct to tho best of my knowledge. A recess of five minutes was taken after which the case was argued ar-gued by tbe iwunsel, aud court adjourned ui.tll Tuesday morning. THISnAV itOBNISa. The grand Jury reiwrtcd seven Indictments. Tho following cases were Ignored: The People vs. James II. Wallace, libel, and the United Slates vs. Jos. Garlick, Andrew Hendrlckscn and R. M. Rogers. Benjamin Bennett was arraigned and pleaded not guilty to a charge of fornication. Warren H. Smith took until 3 o'clock to plead to the charge of unlawful un-lawful cohabitation. In the case of thu United States vs. A. M. Itarcnt-md. Itarcnt-md. Joseph Ddworth and Daniel I'Igvlow, bonds w.re ordered forfeited for-feited on account of non-appearance. Rolicrt Brooks, Paddy McGlnnl and James Bcunett were arraigned an 1 pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault with lutent to do bodily harm. Pat Collins was sentenced to three years' Imprisonment fur burglary. burg-lary. Argument by counsel In the Jos cpli lage case was resumed. Tiio Jury was Instructed and retired. re-tired. The case of the United States th J. D. Page, Casiwr Christcnscn, K. W. Fox and J. It, Peacock were dismissed by the prosecuting attorney. at-torney. Mr. Zine staled that tho principal princi-pal evidence of the government iu these cases was that of comparison, and according to the ruling of thu court, this was not adtutalble. The report of thu commissioner In the West Point Irrigation Company vs. Hans Hansen ct al., was approved. ap-proved. The case of ML Pleasant vs. Gus. lave Johnson et al., was dismissed on motion of Jacob Johnson. A recess was taken until 2 o'clock. Tbe jury at 3 o'clock brought in a verdict of guilty In the Joseph Page case. |